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| Seoul World Cup Stadium/ K League1/ FC Seoul vs Ulsan HDFC/ Ulsan Coach Shin Tae-yong/ Photo by Jung Jae-hoon |
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| Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium/ K League1/ Ulsan HDFC vs Pohang Steelers/ Scrum/ Photo by Kim Jung-soo |
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| Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium/ K League1/ Ulsan HDFC vs Suwon FC/ Ulsan Group/ Scrum/ Photo by Kim Jung-soo |
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Ulsan HD in crisis has entered domestic off-season training during the A-match break.
Ulsan will set up a base camp in Sokcho, Gangwon Province, from the 3rd to the 9th and conduct off-season training at Goseong Sports Complex located in Goseong-gun. It is currently ranked 8th (34 points) in Ulsan's K League 1. After five more rounds, K League 1 will be divided into Final A, ranked 1st to 6th, and Final B, ranked 7th to 12th. He is worried about the first Final B in 10 years since 2015 as well as the drop in the promotion and playoffs (PO).
Coach Shin Tae-yong appeared as a firefighter, but after one win, he fell into a swamp of three consecutive losses. There is a desperate need for power restructuring. Coach Shin has already "We need to fully prepare for the September A-match period." Otherwise, the loss can be ruined" he said.
It's a cliffhanger, but there's still a silver lining. Ulsan plans to secure a berth in the Asian Champions League Elite (ACLE) next season by accumulating the maximum points in the remaining regular rounds through this off-season training. In his first Ilsung after taking the helm of Ulsan, coach Shin promised a ticket to participate in ACLE at the third place or higher.
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| Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium/ K League1/ Ulsan HDFC vs Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors/ Ulsan Shin Tae-yong Coach/ regrettable/ photo Kim Jung-soo |
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| Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium/ K League1/ Ulsan HDFC vs Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors/ Ulsan Rubik'sson, Boyanich, Yoon Jae-seok, Lee Jin-hyun/ End of Game/ Lost/ Team Greetings/ Photo by Kim Jung-soo |
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Ulsan played a total of 34 official games this year, including not only the K-League, but also the ACLE, Korea Cup, and FIFA Club World Cup at the beginning of the year. The focus of this off-season training is to improve the condition of the tired and worn-out team as it has reached the most games, tournaments, and the furthest away road among K-League teams. The team will also be equipped with the tactical colors of coaches with coach Shin, who has been in charge for more than a month.
During the break, practice games, which can maintain a sense of practice and utilize what they have learned, were also arranged during the off-season training schedule. The participants in this training camp are all members of the team, including coach Shin. However, Cho Hyun-woo and Lacaba (Venezuela), Choi Seok-hyun, who will participate in the 2026 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-23 Asian Cup qualifiers, and Baek In-woo, who will join the final domestic training for the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2025, were excluded from the training list.
Ulsan will play an away game against the Pohang Steelers on the 13th and the ACLE home opener against Chengdu Lungcheng on the 17th after the A-match period.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
